Netflix phenomenon Orange Is The New Black has inspired a criminal new trend (soz) that’s causing a bit of a headache for head-honchos at one American jail.

The show has made orange jumpsuits so cool this season that Sheriff William Federspiel has been forced to change prisoners’ uniforms for fear they could blend in with innocent passersby when doing work in the public area.

Here’s that ‘get the look’ fashion piece we did last week with hot crim Jeremy Meeks (Picture: Getty/Topshop)

‘It’s a concern because we do have our inmates out sometimes doing work in the public, and I don’t want anyone to confuse them or have them walk away,’ Federspiel told Mlive.com

Instead, the prison has opted for a more traditional black and white striped look, as modelled by George Clooney in O Brother, Where Art Thou and, you know, prisoners in the olden days.

A dramatic reconstruction of prisoners’ reaction to their new uniforms (Picture: Getty)

‘We decided that the black-and-white stripes would be the best way to go because it signifies “jail inmate”, and I don’t see people out there wanting to wear black-and-white stripes,’ says Federspiel. Erm, we don’t want to upset you Wills but monochrome is also pretty big at the mo #justsaying.

Apparently, the change of look hasn’t gone down so well with the inmates, though – not that Sheriff Federspiel is losing any sleep over it.

‘A lot of them have said “We don’t like wearing black-and-white stripes.” And my response is, “Too bad. Don’t come to jail.”‘